People claim that i cannot be communist because my family is wealthy. This argument is just stupid in many ways, its as if you told a white person he cannot be against racism because he is part of a more privileged group. The people argumenting this pile of diarrhea which they interpret as a “gotcha” moment also seem to forget that a lot of revolutionaries were from wealthy families like Friedrich Engels, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Marx etc. Being communist has nothing to do with your class-background but your solidarity and the willingness to commit yourself to the liberation of the working class. Having petit-bourgeois, or even bourgeois parents does not make one hypocrit, you are a hypocrit the moment you exploit workers yourself. I myself met a lot of fake-intellectuals who made this argument which made me, as a baby leftist at that time, feel really insecure about the ideas i hold but at the end no true communist cares about wealth, power, luxury or anything as such. If somebody made me the offer that if i had to live the rest in my life in a small, cold, concrede apartment with no kithcen, bedroom or toilet in return all the people would be supplied with food, clothing and shelter…i wouldnt take a second to aggree.

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    If you are rich and a communist then you have a duty to donate to leftist movements. Don’t just be a rich guy who reads leftist books to pass the time. Your funding might make a huge difference in the long run. Imagine if Engels never financed Marx.

    If you don’t know where to start, then I suggest you help with leftist independent media. Breakthrough News do a lot of good work.

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      im still 15 sadly and dont have independant money yet, if id like to donate to something i would need to ask my parent first until im 18

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          but i try to educate as much people on socialism as possible and i give money to the poor whenever i can.

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        They’re just socdems and won’t stop US imperialism. Imo, it’s better to donate to independent journalists like BN, Brian Berlectic, Grayzone and similar ones, than socdem organizations.